High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America

Our Roots

Directed by Roger Ross Williams
TV-MA
S1 • E1    May 25, 2021    47m
8.1
Many staple American dishes (candied yams, okra, black eyed peas, rice) are shown to have originated in Africa as the host and the author of the series source book travel to an open air market in Benin.

Cast of Our Roots

  • Stephen SatterfieldSelf - Host
  • Jessica B. HarrisSelf
  • Romuald HazoumèSelf
  • Roger Ross WilliamsDirector
  • Jonathan ClasberryWriter / Producer
  • Shoshana GuyWriter

 

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